Wilkie Collins drew on his legal training to dramatize the inequality caused by outdated laws regarding marital and property rights
Wilkie Collins drew on his legal training to dramatize the inequality caused by outdated laws regarding marital and property rights
Those who choose to put the numbers on their bodies hope the act will spark conversation about the Holocaust and pay tribute to loved ones who survived
Now with 13 Academy Award nominations to its credit, the blockbuster film comes after nearly eight decades of mythologizing the father of the atomic bomb
The long-awaited follow-up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" centers on an American aerial group nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth"
A new book chronicles the unlikely connection between Helen Spitzer and David Wisnia, both of whom survived Auschwitz
When it was introduced in 1984, Apple's Macintosh didn't have any striking technological breakthroughs, but it did make it easier for people to operate a computer
An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be communicated
Migration patterns, cultural ties, geographic regions and class differences all shape speaking patterns
Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton in the Smithsonian collections found that the Indigenous breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease
Election-year items, truth serum, Nigerian art and a pioneering self-driving car are on display this year
Spanish colonizers enslaved the Lucayans, putting an end to their lineage by 1530
For millions of enslaved people, bondage stole more than freedom—it severed a link to the past. Now their descendants are recovering their heritage
A sumptuous new show in Los Angeles aims to leave museumgoers hungry for more
New generations of Black Americans are taking intimate tours that connect them with the lands and cultures their ancestors were forced to leave behind
A new generation is discovering the rambling Southern route of William Bartram and his legendary 1791 travelogue
In South Carolina, members of the local Black community are teaming up with scientists to produce a novel study of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
With help from a now-extinct bear, archaeologists have unlocked the mysteries of Spain’s Cova Dones
Jonathan Glazer's new film uses the Auschwitz commandant and his family as a vehicle for examining humans' capacity for evil
During his time in the repressive country, Charles Robert Jenkins married a Japanese abductee, taught English at a school and appeared in propaganda films
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